by TryThinking » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:24 pm
Timeline of sorts:
1/6 ~ In a statement released by the Titans organization Wednesday afternoon, Adams said:
“As you are aware, we have been engaged in a series of internal discussions over the last month about the future of our football team. We have two critical decisions to make – the direction of the coaching staff and the future at the quarterback position. They are separate issues to me and will be dealt with separately.”
“Today, I informed our general manager Mike Reinfeldt to move forward with plans to begin the process of identifying the next quarterback for our franchise. He will inform Vince Young’s agent that Vince will not be on our roster next season. I want to offer my personal thanks to Vince for all of his positive contributions to the club.“
“These kinds of decisions are never easy and this is especially true for this particular player. I certainly wish that things would have worked out better, but I think it is best for the franchise that we move on at this point. I also informed Jeff (Fisher) today that I was continuing the evaluation of the coaching staff and I am hoping to make a decision soon.”
1/9 ~ Ideally, Bud Adams said he would have liked Jeff Fisher and Vince Young to work things out and work together. However, as the Tennessee Titans entered 2011 off-season, it became apparent that wouldn't happen.
Adams, the Titans' owner, announced this week he would retain Fisher – the team's coach since 1995 – and trade or release Young, the quarterback the team selected No. 3 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. Adams said Saturday the decision was about fixing a problem as quickly as possible.
"We couldn't keep both of them," Adams told Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean Saturday. "When you have a problem you have to fix it. The coach is a veteran guy, and Vince is a young guy, and Fisher is under contract and he didn't want to have Vince playing for him. I was thinking we could get him and Vince together, but it wasn't going to work. It is one of those things where we had to buckle down and get it over with.''
1/10 ~ Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was bluntly honest, telling the Tennessean that he retained coach Jeff Fisher because he wasn't about to fire a coach and still have to pay him.
“With what I am paying him, I am not going to let him go and pay him a lot of money,” Adams said. “I was thinking we could get him and Vince [Young] together, but it wasn’t going to work so I had to stick with Jeff and let Vince go.”
1/27 ~ Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans have agreed to part ways.
Looks like an owner that has problems making up his mind and in reality lets the dollar override his brain. If indeed VY is brought back because of Adams bromance with him from the get go, watch out for the fans wrath when VY goes into another wonderlic meltdown and the fans realize that he was the cause for Fishers demise. Time will tell if Adams reverses course and in the mean time the stability is shook up with the team when they should be thinking about future draft picks.
I'm sure there will be stories a plenty popping up on twitter/facebook/sports blogs etc about this player was behind Fisher and that player was behind VY, but for me I think actions speak higher than words and we all saw what the freak show VY is capable of. Good luck Fisher in your future endeavors, be it coaching again after the year off or some well deserved stress free retirement.
UPDATE:
1/28 ~ Titans' Young still will be moving on:
The Tennessee Titans still do not expect QB Vince Young to return next season, executive vice president and general manager Mike Reinfeldt said during a news conference Friday.
"The plan is still the same. We will look to make a trade or will release him," Reinfeldt said when asked about the team's pending decision with Young.
Young is due a $4.25 million roster bonus on the 10th day of the new league year, and the team announced earlier this year it would decline to pay it. Young also is carrying a base salary of $8.5 million for the 2011 season, the final year on his rookie contract.
There had been speculation the team would bring Young back once it was announced Thursday that head coach Jeff Fisher would not return for the 2011 season.
*Anger is the wind that blows out the flame of reason*